Purple Mountain Majesty

We made it! Our trip out west was a success. For the most part, Abby enjoyed her ride on the airplane. It was her first flight since she was two months old. I packed her a little backpack full of travel goodies including a little airplane, her favorite snacks, a mini magna doodle, a new coloring book, keys, flashcards and the biggest success of all: stickers! She loved peeling off each and every sticker and sticking them in her coloring book. If you are traveling with a child who is Abby's age, I would definitely recommend it. It held her attention the longest.

Our social butterfly wanted to play with everyone around us. She spent a lot of the first flight trying to crawl over me to get to the people in the row behind us. You know she can't resist the opportunity to make new friends. In the airport, she especially loved the moving sidewalks.

On the second flight, Abby starting melting down! It was way past her nap time, so she was exhausted and overwhelmed by everything. I honestly didn't know how we would make it through the last two hours. Abby was crying and trying to get off of my lap. With no other tricks up my sleeve and some prayer, I pulled out my ipod, put on Abby's favorite song and put a bud in her ear. Then, 3....2....1...goodnight. She literally heard the first few lines of the song and was out like a light for atleast an hour. So, as I said...pretty smooth sailing. Thank you Lord! :)

playing with her stickers

Yay! We're here...so glad to be off the airplane.

Now, we are settling in and adjusting to the time change and altitude, while enjoying spending time with friends before our new schedule begins. Abby is loving sharing an apartment with our dear friends and their little girl. Abby runs around the house calling for "Ba-bee" (baby) all day, wants to hold her hand all the time and is slowly learning that it is not okay to take away her toys, pull the bow out of her hair or pinch her toes. Today, we walked around the corner to see Abby reaching up and trying to put her bib on Emma in her high chair. Precious! They are going to be best buddies in no time.